Improvement in bird-cage hooks



JAMES OOMLY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO FEIGL, STULB 8vCO., OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPRCVEMENT lN BIRD-CAGE HOKS.

Specification forming part 0f Letters Patent No. 161,206, dated March23, 1875; application filed l January 15, 1875.

To all lwhom it may concern:

Be it known that l, JAMns COMLY, of the city and county of Philadelphia,and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement inBrackets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a clear and eX-act description of the nature thereof, sufficient to enable othersskilled in the art to which my invention appertains to fully understand,make, and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawingsmaking part of this specification, in which- Figure lis a side view ofthe device elnbodying my invention. Fig. 2 is `a central longitudinalvertical section thereof. Fig. 3 is a front view of the back orsupporting` plate.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

It is well known that in brackets the connection between the wire andback plate is weak, and soon loosens, whereby the wire sways and sags,thus becoming unreliable and useless.

My invention is designed to remedy this defeet; and it consists ingrooves in the back or supporting plate, and bends in the wire fittedinto said grooves, the ends of the wire entering openings in the plateand secured therein. 1t also consists in one wire continued into an eye,with which locks the end of the other wire, and further continued into ahook.

Referring to the drawings, Arepresents the back or supporting plate, andB the wires. In the plate A are formed openings a a, through which arepassed the inner ends b b of the wires B, and on the front face of theplate, adjacent to said opening, are grooves c c, which extendvertically, respectively, above and below said openings,l as mostreadily seen in Fig. 3. The wires B, near their terminations or ends bb, are bent, as at d, at an angle to the line of the longitudinaldirection of the wires, so as to project toward each other and readilyrest in the grooves c c. rlhe extreme portion of the ends b of the wiresare now headed, as at f, against the rear face of the plate A, whereby,when the outer ends e of the wires are united, the combined action ofthe union of said outer ends of the Wires with each other, and that ofthe inner ends with plate A, produces a firm and reliable bracket. 4Theheads j' of the ends b prevent movement of the wire toward the frontface of the plate, and the bends l thereof prevent movement toward therear. Said bends, resting in the grooves c, also prevent lateraldisplacement or movement of the wires. Moreover, the vertical strain onthe wires at their points of connection with the plate A is largelydiffused, since the bends d increase the surface of connection betweenthe wires and plate, and thus also increase the strength of the bracket.The end e of the upper wire is continued into an eye, G,which en gageswith a hook or eye, f, on the end e of the lower wire. The upper wire isthen continued beyond the eye into a hook, D, to which may be attachedthe bird-cage, basket, or other article to be suspended from thebracket.

It will now be seen that the ends c of the two wires lare firmlyconnected, whereby there is provided additional strength to the bracket.The absence of joints between the hook D and wire B rendersv the hookreliable, while the connect-ion between the two wires at the ends e isdurable and firm in vertical and horizontal or lateral directions.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. The plate A, with openings a and grooves c, in combination with thewires B, entering the openings a and secured therein, and formed withbends d, entering the grooves c, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

2. The combination, with one wire formed with the hook or eye e, of theother wire continued into an eye, G, and hook D, and operating as setforth.

JAMES COMLY.

Witnesses J oHN A. WrnDnRsHnn/r, A. P. GRANT.

